NEW DELHI: Former Team India captain M S Dhoni, Batsman Dinesh Karthik and other players from Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu teams had a scare when the Dwarka hotel, where they were staying, caught fire on Friday morning.

Indian challenge came to an end at the All England Open Badminton Championships with PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal losing their quarter-final matches to Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei and Sung Ji Hyun of Korea respectively on Friday.

PV Sindhu crushed Indonesian Dinar Dyah Ayustine 21-12, 21-4 to enter the quarterfinals of the All England Open Badminton Championships on Thursday, while compatriot Saina Nehwal too booked her place in the last-eight of the tournament after a 21-18, 21-10 win over German qualifier Fabienne Deprez.